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Volume is measured in cubic metres, because the unit is cubed it means that the normal prefixes can be confusing; there are 100 cm in 1 m, but 1 000 000 cm3 in 1 m3. This means that the non-SI unit of the litre is used in most cases. 1 m3 is 1000 litres.

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